How Is the Supply Chain Formed in India?

Some wholesalers can be exporters themselves while others would have strong connections with exporters. Both small and big farmers are well experienced because grape management is more complex than any other fruit. This is because grapes are grown in bunches and aside from being kept intact in a bunch, all the grapes have to be in good shape. This is why farmers just focus on growing the fruit and stay away from exporting themselves. Only big exporters, conglomerate level, will contact farmers and make a contract before the season. Other small exporters would go to the farm and negotiate. For exports, there are packhouses specializing in packaging per destination. 99% of the farmers don't have their own packing facilities because packaging requires skilled packers and pre-cooling and cold storage coordination. There are specific facilities for given destinations thus, not all packing facilities can export to China and the EU. There are around 2,000 renowned packing facilities.